Associate Professor of Economics
Address:
University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA)
Department of Economics and Finance
College of Business Administration (COBA)
BA, Office Number 124A
1201 W. University Drive, Edinburg, TX, 78539-2999, USA.
Phone: (956) 316 - 7135.
Fax: (956) 381- 2867.
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics (University of Tsukuba, Japan, 1996).
Doctoral Program in Policy and Planning Sciences. Dissertation Title: “Four Essays on the Empirical Open Economy: On Exchange Rates and the Current Account.”
MSc. in Economics (University of Tsukuba, Japan, 1994).
BA in Economics (University of Brasilia, Brazil, 1987).
Courses Currently Teaching (Summer of 2009):
Courses Taught in the Spring of 2009:
Homeworks - Part I (Intro and Consumer Theory)
Homeworks - Part II (Producer Theory)
Homeworks - Part III (Markets)
Homeworks - Part IV (Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition)
Courses Taught in the Past:
Publications in Journals:
31. ""Real Exchange Rate Volatility and Mean Reversion: Asia versus Latin America from 1976 to 2006" (2009) Economie Internationale, forthcoming.
30. "The Effect of Oil Price on China's Exports" (2009) Chinese Economic Review, forthcoming. (With João R. Faria, Pedro H. Albuquerque and Miguel A. León-Ledesma).
29. " Intra-Industry Trade Effects on Mexican Manufacturing Productivity before and after NAFTA" (2009) The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, forthcoming. (With Rene Cabral Torres).
28. "The Employment Responses at Mexican Maquiladoras: The Effects of External Factors" (2009) World Development, forthcoming.27. "Productivity Effects of Mexican Manufacturing Employment" (2009) North American Journal of Economics and Finance, forthcoming. (With Rene Cabral Torres). Downloadable WP Version
26. "Human Capital Development, War, and FDI in Sub-Saharan Africa" (2009) Oxford Development Studies 37 (1): 47-61. (With Adil Suliman). Downloadable WP Version
25. “The Rise of the Skill Premium in Mexican Maquiladoras” (2008) Journal of Development Studies 44 (9): 1382-1404. Downloadable WP Version
24. "Can Globalization Stop the Decline in the Terms of Trade? The Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis Revisited" (2008) Cambridge Journal of Economics 32 (5): 683-701. (With João R. Faria, Pedro H. Albuquerque and Miguel A. León-Ledesma). Downloadable WP Version
23. "Convergence in Eastern Caribbean States" (2008) Annals of Regional Science 42 (4): 893-909. (With Emiliano Giudici). Downloadable WP Version
22. "Capital and Labor in the Long-Run: Evidence from Tobin's q for the U.S." (2008) Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming. (With João R. Faria). Downloadable WP Version
21. "Common Nonlinearities in Long-Horizon Stock Returns: Evidence from the G-7 Stock Markets" (2008) Global Finance Journal 19: 19-31. (With Sei-Wan Kim & Kiseok Nam). Downloadable WP Version
20. "Relative Wages, Labor Supplies and Trade in Mexican Manufacturing: Evidence from Two Samples" (2008) The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development 17 (2): 213-241. Downloadable WP Version
19. "The Impact of Japanese Purchases of U.S. Treasuries on the U.S. Dollar/Yen" (2008) Global Economy Journal 8 (1), Article 4. (With Gokce Soydemir). Downloadable WP Version
18. “What Explains Unemployment in U.S.-Mexico Border Cities?” (2008)
Annals of Regional Science 42 (1): 169-182. Downloadable WP Version17. "Random Walks and Half-Lives in Chilean and Mexican Peso Real Exchange Rates: 1980-2003" (2007) Journal of Applied Economics X (1): 185-211. Downloadable WP Version
16. “Inventory Control in the Japanese Vehicle Industry” (2007) International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management 7 (1): 32-48. Downloadable WP Version
15. "The Growth of Texas Counties in the 1990s: The Roles of County Size and Industry Clusters" (2006) Review of Regional Studies 36 (1): 87-120. Downloadable WP Version
14. "Mexican Northern Border Municipalities, Financial Dependence and Institutions" (2006) Annals of Regional Science 40: 859-874. (With Jorge Ibarra Salazar). Downloadable WP Version
13. “Local Labor Markets in U.S.-Mexican Border Cities and the Impact of Maquiladora Production” (2006) Annals of Regional Science 40: 95-116. (With Abigail Cortez Rayas and Rosa Angelica Olivas Moncisvais). Downloadable WP Version
12. “Chinese Competition and its Effects on Mexican Maquiladoras” (2006) Journal of Comparative Economics 34: 130-145 (With Karina Wvalle Vázquez). Downloadable WP Version
11. “Infrastructure and FDI Inflows into Mexico: A Panel Data Approach” (2006) Global Economy Journal 6 (1): Article 6 (With René Alberto Ramos Durán and Esteban Silva Ochoa). Downloadable WP Version
10. “The Nominal Theory of Interest under Habit Formation: Evidence for the U.S., 1959-2002” (2004) North American Journal of Economics and Finance 15: 333-354 (With João R. Faria). Downloadable WP Version
9. "Production Smoothing in the Japanese Vehicle Industry" (2004) International Journal of Production Economics 91 (1): 63-74.
8. “The Mexican Peso and the Korean Won Real Exchange Rates: Evidence from Productivity Models” (2004) Journal of Economic Development 29 (1): 189-208 (With Margot Quijano).
7. “Employment Determination at Mexican Maquiladoras: Does Location Matter?” (2003) Journal of Borderlands Studies 18 (2): 45 -67.
6. "Real Exchange Rates and Target Interest Rates in a Simple VAR Model" (2003) Portuguese Economic Journal 2: 195-218.
5. "Real Exchange Rate Shocks on Tradables, Nontradables, and the Current Account: Mexico, 1980-2000" (2003) Empirical Economics 28: 615-638.
4. "Effects of U.S. Interest Rates on the Real Exchange Rate in Mexico" (2002) Economics Bulletin 6: 1-15.
3. "Current Account and Fiscal Policy in Japan: 1885 - 1991" (1999) Open Economies Review 10: 185-201.
2. "The Real Exchange Rate in Brazil: Random-Walk or Mean Reversion in the Long-Run?" (1999) International Review of Economics and Finance 8: 115-126.
1. "Urbanization, Economic Growth, and Welfare" (1996) Economics Letters 52:109-115 (With João R. Faria).
Publications in Local Journals (Mexico and Brazil):
5. "Fiscal Illusion and Local Government Spending in Mexico: 1975-2000" (2008) Planejamento e Politicas Publicas 31: 21-36 (With Jorge Ibarra Salazar).
4. "Externalidades de las Exportaciones en la Produccion Manufacturera en Mexico" (2004) Comercio Exterior 54 (8): 681-689 (With Jose de Jesus Salazar).
3. "Dependencia Financiera de los Municipios Mexicanos: Determinantes Regionales e Institucionales" (2004) Comercio Exterior 54 (8): 690-702 (With Jorge Ibarra Salazar).
2. "The Stability of Money Demand Functions: Mexico, 1986-2002" (2003) Revista Brasileira de Economia de Empresas 3 (3), September-December: 63-89.
1. "Las Importaciones Mexicanas y el Tipo de Cambio: El Papel de las Expectativas, 1985-2000" (2002) Momento Economico 122: 20-31 (With Jose Urciaga Garcia).
Book Reviews (invited review requests):
Completed Book Review for Journal of Regional Science.
Publications in Books (invited articles):
2. "Panel Data Analysis of Maquiladora Employment" (2006), in: Martha Patricia Barraza de Anda and Thomas M. Fullerton Jr. (editors), Basic Border Econometrics. Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez: Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 162-182.
1. "Relative Wages and Trade in a Growing Small Open Economy: Mexico, 1987-1995" (2002), in: João Faria and Amnon Levy (editors), Economic Growth, Inequality and Migration. Edward Elgar: Chelteham, U.K.; Northampton, U.S.A., 291-309.
Publications in Special Collections (invited articles):
2. "Lucas Critique", in: William A. Darity, Jr. (Editor in Chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd. Edition, Macmillan
Reference USA, 2007.
1. "Adaptive Expectations", in: William A. Darity, Jr. (Editor in Chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd. Edition,
Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.
Publications in Proceedings of International Conferences:
1. "Leaning Against the Wind: Does it Explain Anomalies in Foreign Exchange Markets?" (1996), in: Denise Dimon, Irene Gutiérrez Tomlinson and Susan Nichols (editors), Competitiveness in International Business and Trade, Volume I, Texas A&M University, Laredo, USA, 169-186.
Working Papers:
17. "Oil Price Fluctuations and U.S. Dollar Exchange Rates" (2009) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American. (With Radhames Lizardo).
16. "Capital and Labor Mobility and their Impacts on Mexico's Regional Labor Markets" (2009) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American. (With Rene Cabral Torres and João R. Faria).
15. "Government Size, Openness, and Output Growth: Industrial and Developing Economies under Globalization" (2009) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American. (With Rene Cabral Torres).
14. "Tobin-Brainard's q and Inflation“ (2009) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American. (With João R. Faria).
13. "Does Inflation Targeting Matter form Output Growth? Evidence from Industrial and Emerging Economies"
(2008) World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series # 4791. (With Rene Cabral Torres and Francisco G. Carneiro).12. "A Study of the U.S.-Mexico Border Earnings Penalty between 2000 and 2005" (2007) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American. (With Marie T. Mora and Alberto Dávila).
11. “The Gender Earnings Gap among Mexican Immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico Border” (2007) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American. (With Marie T. Mora and Alberto Dávila).
10. "Can Latin America Prosper by Reducing its Government's Size?" (2008) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American. (With Radhames Lizardo).
9. “The Price Puzzle under Changing Monetary Policy Regimes” (2008) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American. (With Adolfo Sachsida).
8. "Income Inequality in the U.S.: The Kuznets Hypothesis Revisited" (2008) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American.
7. "The World Elasticity of Labor Substitution across Skill Definitions" (2008) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American.
6. "Do Foreign Purchases of U.S Stocks Help the U.S. Stock Market?" (2008) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American. (With Radhames Lizardo).
5. "New Home Sales across U.S. Regions and the Little Help from Monetary Policy" (2008) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American.
4. "Users of Firearms in Brazil: Are They Different? " (2007) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American. (With Adolfo Sachsida).
3. "The Impact of Higher Education on Texas Population and Employment Growth" (2007) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American.
2. "Relative Wages, Skill Upgrading and Export Intensity in Mexican Manufacturing: 1987-1995" (2006) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American.
1. "Policy Rules and Time-Varying Parameters for the Pound, the Yen, and the Mark" (2003) Department of Economics & Finance, University of Texas – Pan American.
Professional Academic Activities:
Member of the American Economic Association since 1993.
Refereeing and Editorship Activities:
Referee for the following professional journals:
Applied Economics*, Contemporary Economic Policy*, Eastern Economic Journal*, Economia Aplicada*, El Trimestre Económico, Empirical Economics, Estudios Economicos*, Global Economy Journal*, International Trade Journal*, Journal of Applied Economics, Journal of Development Studies*, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Journal of Macroeconomics*, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Portuguese Economic Journal, Publius, The Journal of Federalism, and State and Local Government Review.
(* indicates more than one refereeing activities)
Referee for El Colegio de la Frontera Norte on the book: "25 anos de investigacion economica sobre la frontera norte de Mexico."
Associate Editor of the Revista Brasileira de Economia de Empresas (from 2002).
Coordinator of Research Groups:
Second Cross-Border Workshop in Economics and Finance, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX, April of 2006.
Participations in Sponsored Research Groups:
The Economic Agenda of Mexican Northern Border, (Cátedra de Investigación: Agenda Economica de la Frontera Norte de Mexico), ITESM-Campus Monterrey, from January of 2003 to July of 2004.
Participations as Visiting Professor:
Department of Economics, Catholic University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil, June of 2002.
Department of Economics, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, USA, March of 2001.
